Facebook to Allow Shared Photo Albums

Facebook announced a new feature that will let up to 50 people contribute to a shared photo album.

The album creator gets to pick who can add photos to the album and set the privacy level along the lines of the usual Facebook options of public, contributors, friends of the contributors. Each person gets to add up to 200 photos to the shared album and can tag. Right now, only desktop users can create an album.

The update is being rolled out to a small group in the U.S., with a wider release coming down the road. A Facebook spokeswoman confirmed the rollout of shared photos; the news was earlier reported by Mashable.